Cigarette case



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This invention relates-to a cigarettecaseby means of which cigarettesmaybe carried packages in which they,

'tially uniform size and shape, which are such as to enable the packagesto be conveniently carried in the pockets of clothing or in womenshandbags. The cigarettes are tightly packed into the paper packages bymachines, andin order to extract a cigarette, it is usually necessary tojar the package by shaking to loosen. the cigarettes. This practice isobjectionable as the jarring of the package also loosens the tobacco inthe cigapaper packages are of insufiicient'strength to protect thecigarettes from breakage or crushing.

It is'anobject of this invention to provide a case in which a paperpackage of cigarettes may be placed to protect'the cigarettes frombreaking and crushing. T

A further object is the provision of a cigarette package holding casehaving a two-part cover adapted to open the length of the top of apackage of cigarettes, to expose the entire contents of the package andenable the cigarettes to be conveniently extracted therefrom.

These and other objects are attained by the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown inthe accompanying drawings constituting a material part of thisdisclosure and in which;

Figure 1 represents a perspective view showing the package'holding casein aclosed condition.

Figure 2- represents a partial cross-sec tional elevational view of thecase.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of the upper portion ofthe casewhen the latter is in an open condition.

Referring to the drawings, the cigarette package holding case is shownto have end walls 4, with right-angularly bent flanges 4',

' to serve as the front and rear walls of the 50 case. As shown inFigure 1, the front and rear of the case is open so that contents of thecaseand the front and rear thereof are substantially entirely exposed.The walls 4 are joined by an inte ral bottom memberb,

having right-angular u turned flanges 5', which assist in properlyolding a package 1n the case, the walls and bottom being -formed bybending a single strip of material.

\ The flanges 4' are enlarged at 6 near the upper portion of the case,and the part 6 is cut and bent over to provide bearings 7, 8, 9 and 10for a pivot pm.

The vertical front side portion of a cover 12 also has portions 13, 14and 15 cut and bent to provide bearings for the pivot pin 16, the

latter passing through all of the bearings.

described above. Encircling the pin 16 between the bearings 8 and 13, isa coiled spring 17, one extremity 18 of which engages I the innersurface of cover wall 11, while the other extremity 19 engages theflange portion 6, the efl'ect of the spring being to normally move thecover to an open position as shown in Figure 3. I

The end'vertical 'wall- 20 of the cover 12 is provided with-a slot 21which cooperates with a lug 22 to hold the cover in a closed position.

. It will be seen that the cover 12 extends only one half of the .upperportion of the case. The other. half of the case is covered by' a cover23 which is of a structure similar in all respectsto cover 12. v

A flat spring 24 is secured to the end wall 4 by means of a rivet 25,the lugs 22 being formed integral with the upper extremity of the flatspring 24.. Slightly below the covers 12 and 23, the spring 1s providedwith a button 26 which extends through an aperture in wall 4.

In operation, a paper package 27 of cig-' arettes is placed in the caseas shown in the drawings, the top of the paper package being torn off.The covers 12 and 23 are then moved to the positions shown in Figure 1,and held in a closed condition by means of the lugs 22 on spring 24engaging .the slots 21.

Whenit is desired to open the case, pres sure on button 26 will move thespring backwards to disengage the lugs 22, and the coil springs 17 willcause the covers 12 and 23 to automatically open. I

The case herein described properly protects 'the cigarettes from damage,the arrangement of the covers enables access to the cigarettes 28,regardless of their position in the paper package 27. The foregoingdisclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, andnot as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which, obviousl anembodiment may be constructed including modifications without departingfrom the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appendedclaims. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A cigarette package holding case, comprising end walls and a bottom,right-anguarly in-turned flanges integral with said walls and bottom, atwo-part cover opening longitudinally of the mouth of the case, meansfor hingedly connecting the parts of 25 the cover to the freeends of theend wall flanges, spring controlled means for holding the cover in aclosed position, and means to normall urge the parts of the cover toopen outwar 1y, said cover being parallel to the 30 bottom when in aclosed position.

2. A cigarette package holding case, comprising end walls and a bottom,right angularly inturned flanges integral with said walls and bottom, atwo-part cover opening longitudinally of the mouth of the case, andmeans for hingedly connecting the parts of the cover to the free ends ofthe end wall' flanges.

This specification signed this 23rd day of September, 1929.

WILLIAM C, HIERING.

